COLLEGE STATION – Texas A&M begins its indoor track and field season at 3 p.m. on Saturday inside Gilliam Track Stadium as the Aggies host the Reveille Invitational with visiting teams from Houston, Sam Houston and Texas-Arlington.
Coverage of the meet will be available online through the SEC Network on the Watch ESPN platform. The website link: http://espn.go.com/watchespn/index/_/id/2273076/reveille-invitational-texas-am-indoor-track-meet. Live results from the Reveille Invitational are available at www.flashresults.com.
Brea Garrett, the defending NCAA Indoor champion in the weight throw, headlines that event along with the shot put. Another pair of returning NCAA Outdoor champions for A&M includes Kamaria Brown and Shamier Little. They will each run an opening leg on separate 4x400 relay squads.
The women's 5,000 meters features recent cross country All-Americans with the Aggie tandem of Grace Fletcher and Hillary Montgomery as well as Rachel Johnson of Baylor. In the men's 5,000m A&M's Austin Wells leads a group of Aggies in the race.
Trinidad & Tobago's Michelle Ann Ahye makes a return visit to the Reveille Invitational to compete in the 60 and 200 meters. A year ago Ahye won the Millrose 60m title (7.13 seconds) in New York City and finished sixth in the World Indoor Championships (7.10 semi, 7.16 final) as she set a national record in both meets. In the 100 meters outdoors Ahye clocked a career best of 10.85 in 2014.
Racing against Ahye in the 60 meters at Gilliam will be the Aggie duo of Aaliyah Brown and Jennifer Madu as well as Gabby Mayo, who set the A&M school record of 7.18 in 2010. Mayo will also run the 60 hurdles, where she set the Aggie school record of 8.05 in 2010.
The men's 60 offers an interesting challenge for A&M's Shavez Hart and Devin Jenkins as they race in the same section with Houston's tandem of Cameron Burrell and Leshon Collins. The race also includes Antoine Adams of St. Kitts & Nevis as well as post collegians Michael Granger and Clayton Vaughn. Jenkins will also face Adams in the same section of the 200 meters along with LeJerald Betters.
Chase Wolfe, who placed fifth in the NCAA Outdoor pole vault in 2014, leads a crew of five Aggie vaulters. The women's pole vault will include four A&M entrants with Brittany Wooten headlining the group.
Leading the long jump entrants are Aggies LaQue Moen-Davis and Olabanji Asekun. In the men's throws the A&M crew includes Jeff Bartlett in the shot put with Ben Skrla and Austin Cook contesting the weight throw.
An addition to the Reveille Invitational this season is the inclusion of the men's and women's pentathlon as well as the 1,000 meters. Also added is a master's 200 meters, which will include a pair of races for 40-plus and 50-plus year-old sprinters.
A&M school record holder Jena Hemann leads a crew of Aggies in the women's multi-event while the men's pentathlon will include A&M's Daniel Martin.
The five women's events contested in the pentathlon include the 60 hurdles, high jump, shot put, long jump and 800 meters. The men's five events include the 60 hurdles, long jump, shot put, high jump and 1,000 meters.
A large group of Aggie middle distance runners will race over 1,000 meters as the men's field includes Josh Hernandez, Cameron Villarreal and Isaac Spencer. The women's race includes Katie Willard and Ashley Chamberlain.